///\todo upgrade

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                                              //
//  This file is part of the buola project (https://code.google.com/p/buola/).  //
//                                                                              //
//  Copyright(c) 2007-2012 Xavi Gratal                                          //
//  gratal AT gmail DOT com                                                     //
//                                                                              //
//  Buola is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify               //
//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        //
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//  (at your option) any later version.                                         //
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//  Buola is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,                    //
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//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the               //
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//                                                                              //
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#ifndef __BUOLA_APP_CPLUGIN_H__
#define __BUOLA_APP_CPLUGIN_H__

#include <buola/buola.h>

namespace buola {

///\ingroup os application
///@{

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/// plugin loading interface

/// Provides a portable interface to the operating-system functions that
/// load libraries dynamically.
///
/// It also allows to load a group of plugins specified in a configuration
/// file.
///
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

class CPlugin : public UUncopiable
{
public:
    //! loads the library at pFileName
    static void Load(const std::string &pFileName);
    //! loads all plugins from the group pName
    static void LoadAll(const std::string &pName);
};

///@}

/*namespace buola*/ }

#endif
